Units from the Eastern Cape as well as Western Cape would be deployed to the area in the run up to the May 7 election.

KaMagwaza-Msibi urged police to make arrests in the other cases.

“As the NFP we are prepared to work with police and the IEC (Independent Electoral Commission) towards ensuring that action is taken against people who are intent on disrupting the coming elections and rendering them unfair and not free,” she said.